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This fair saw the launch of One Stop Genealogy’s Gift Pack which was received very well. As usual our best seller was the English Ancestors of the One Stop Website List for Genealogists, although in Gateshead the Irish & Scottish versions were also popular. Also magazines took CD’s to review so look out for those in the coming months.
The next visit for One Stop Genealogy is the Hampshire Genealogical Society Open Day in Horndean on Sunday. We will of course be selling out One Stop Website List CD’s along side the Gift packs, a variety of family tree charts at very competitive rates and hope to launch out Children’s Gift pack which has be specially designed to encourage children to take an interest in their own family tree.
News
Parish Records Online
“The births, deaths and marriages of millions of Londoners spanning nearly half a millennium have been posted on the internet by Ancestry.co.uk, the genealogy website.
The records cover the years 1539 to 1980 and include the burial records of many of the 100,000 people who died in the capital during the Great Plague of 1665-6.
The website hopes that the collection will allow the estimated 33 million Britons with ancestors who lived in or passed through London to trace their roots - whether to the City's slums or its more affluent suburbs.
The records, which parishes began compiling on the orders of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's Vicar General, are the only way to trace the key events in the lives of people before 1837, when births, deaths and marriages began to be registered centrally.
Dan Jones, international content director at Ancestry.co.uk, said: "Official records were not kept by the government until Civil Registration in 1837, which makes these parish records essential for tracing anyone who was born, married or died in London before the 19th century. ” Telegraph 6th September 2009
The next visit for One Stop Genealogy is the Hampshire Genealogical Society Open Day in Horndean on Sunday. We will of course be selling out One Stop Website List CD’s along side the Gift packs, a variety of family tree charts at very competitive rates and hope to launch out Children’s Gift pack which has be specially designed to encourage children to take an interest in their own family tree.
News
Parish Records Online
“The births, deaths and marriages of millions of Londoners spanning nearly half a millennium have been posted on the internet by Ancestry.co.uk, the genealogy website.
The records cover the years 1539 to 1980 and include the burial records of many of the 100,000 people who died in the capital during the Great Plague of 1665-6.
The website hopes that the collection will allow the estimated 33 million Britons with ancestors who lived in or passed through London to trace their roots - whether to the City's slums or its more affluent suburbs.
The records, which parishes began compiling on the orders of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's Vicar General, are the only way to trace the key events in the lives of people before 1837, when births, deaths and marriages began to be registered centrally.
Dan Jones, international content director at Ancestry.co.uk, said: "Official records were not kept by the government until Civil Registration in 1837, which makes these parish records essential for tracing anyone who was born, married or died in London before the 19th century. ” Telegraph 6th September 2009
